Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 135, Decatur, Adams County, 9 June 1947 — Page 1

LV. No. 135.

H Truman Beto Bill |l< ul Taxes I ice Budget Cuts I K Made By House 1 Enmittee Today .lune 9 11 P) ■bK*r,.)d Knutson, l( . Minn. ■K. h„iiHP today that "Indi HB' President Truman ■Ks,, flic ln<«im»- tax rediic ■HK, I, ’..Hiin.ir of the iu>U-i---■H^K(I.! •ii>-.iir* committee and the original tax reduc ! dil not spwlfy what the ■EHflonx" were. r O|Kh,. same time, the White ■HL UI .| that Mr. Truman defl not art on the tax bill tetiiins from Canada on l|HHrrr: has a < hoide of sign■K mil vetoing It. or letting MaHpni’. law without his signa■K he vetoes it. the bill ap HH)y would die for this year ■■it,., house may have enough ..!.d<- a Veto, the Senate ■K It takes a two thirds ma lEMet both houses to override . mviesslona! den-lop sEHrunmt lons The house ap ■LMgiiotis committee did some ■EVh'idf'f.i .hopping It whacked pen ent of the funds reWfKd for half a dozen govern WfeWai'-L. i.-s Among the agem i- s was the office of housing llHlter whose budget request This would have the ■Hos putting that agency out |KFiil»sli>esw .lune 30, and leaving Just enough funds to IgKo- Former secretary of Jesse H Jones told con ■K he can see "no possibility of ion In the near future " glßlthe statement In a letter II ; Kr house banking committee frau<! The senate judiciary put off for another week on a resolution involving senate investigation of al Kansas City vote frauds An agriculture depart BK official testified that house may get less sugar if sugar is lifted "prematurely " II Marshall, chief of the merits sugar branch, made before the house sMlng comnutlre. There are re that the government tnay Elmar rationing June 30. The labor control bill delivered to the White House means that President Tru will have until midnight June ■■o act on the measure which han the closed shop, limit MS onion shop, permit the federal to obtain injunctions strikes Involving the nahealth and safety, and out ■■ Jurlhdii ttonal strikes and see boycotts. wage— Eleven sena planned to introduce a hill ■Hk would raise the minimum wage <>f industrial worters commerce from 40 to 75 cents at the end of fears Nine Democrats and ■B Republicans William Langer. &Bb. and Wayne Morse. Ore. iponsor the measure. ■£ 0 ■47 'Ravelings' Is ■ hn 9 Distributed 1947 Raveling*." yearbook becatur junior • senior high a®*!- Is being distributed today !■ Tuesday Room 206 In the will !>« open f ruln 10 to 11 £■ and 2 to 3 p.m. Tuesday for annual. Bill Free by. editor in |w* f ' announced. Persons having the yearbook* are asked ■■*ll for them at the school. —o Wustees Discuss ® 6ut ’ ne Business |®oiitine business wan conducted |W»r<iay 4t the monthly meeting KT t> I,, *n»nip trustee* of Adams held in the offices of Lyman fEden" CoUnt,r • <ho ° l « u t‘* rln Hann said it was likely that I®*°* * h * lru,u ** H may *‘ !nd ,helr ■E'" 41 * n * to a conference, to l>e at Purdue university June 16 IE.. .*■ af, er the matter was dis--4 « the meetinc. ■ WEATHER ■ w *rm and more humid Hi <,,e, ’'’t>on and tonight. Tuespartly cloudy, warm, and ■ followsd by scattered .jE?*" *"d thunderstorms ■"“•V night.

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Orders County Board Issue Dredge Bonds Commissioners Are Given Court Order Special Judge Earl B. Adams today ruled in the "sidelight case" to the fatned Wabash dredge suit, mandating the county commissioners to Issue bonds covering the (78,547.65 costs of dredging the river. Judge Adams has held the matter under advisement since July, 1946. after hearing arguments of counsel In Adams circuit court. Named as co-defendants with commissioners Dale D. Moses, John Chrlstener and John Augsburger, are auditor Thurman I. Drew and treasurer Roy L. Price. By virtue of today's ruling the commissioners are mandated to approve the certificates filed with them by Homer Teeters as commissioner of construction for the cost of construction, assessments and apportionments as set out previously. They are also ordered to enter an order fixing the time and date and in what number of Installments the assessments are to he paid. The commissioners are further ordered to adopt a bond ordinance providing for the issuing and sale of bonds to provide funds for the costs of construction and all Incidentals. The petitioners for the dredging, who are also plaintiffs in the mandamus proceedings, are rep resented by John L. De Voss of Decatur and Roscoe D. Wheat of Portland. The defendant county officials are represented by Ferd L. Litterer as county attorney and Frank Gordon of Bluffton. These lawyers argued the mandamus matter before Judg*> Adams in July of last year. The entry of the special Judge sets out the fact that the contract for construction of the dredging was first awarded to the F. C. Morgan company on October 27. 1937 at a figure of (87,759.28 by the commissioner of construction, after the dredging proceedings were established February 18, 1933. The entry shows that "the court further finds that the lands and properties benefited are sltuat. d in Jay. Adame and Wells counties; that/thereafter the commissioners did enter an order set’ing forth their determination ol benefits ami time ano number of instalments for payments of assessmanto." The entry shows that the amount of money collected by the treasurers of the three counties and certified by the auditors, totalled (17,091.49, and that the amounts remaining unpaid were placed before the commissioners. It states that "thereafter the commissioners did undertake and pretend to set aside and vacate their former order and refused to sell such bor.dr ' The entry shows that the Morgan company later asked for a cancellation oi its contract and that it was awarded to Cleal T. Watts at the lower figure. May Ask New Trial Interested persons indicated today that they expect the defendants to ask for a new trial or carry the decision to a higher tri(Turn .To Page !, Column »> 0 Give Band Concert Here Tuesday Night Weekly Concert To Be Presented Here The program for the weekly band concert to be presented Tuesday night at 8 o clock at the courthouse ramp was announced today by director Albert Selle meyer. ... u Regular band practice will tie bald tonight at the school, he stated. Following Is the program for Tuesday's concert: March Ironclad—Huff. March Triumphal—Verdi. Mexlcana Themes from Mexl co. Our Favorite Rag March and Two Step. Elves Dance— Tschaikowsky. March Hippodrome Huff. Eyes of Brown- Schott leche. HI See You In My Dreams - Isham Jones Overture Magnets. Sacred Selections. Marine Hymn— American Patrol. Star Spangled Banner.

Over 10,000 Miners Out In Pennsylvania Reported Protest Against Pending Labor Legislation Pittsburgh, June 9.—(UP)— More than 10.000 United Mine Workers in southwestern Pennsylvania quit work today, reportedly In protest to pending labor legislation. The western Pennsylvania coal operators association said at least 15 mines were closed, all of them important sources of supply for Pittsburgh district steel mills. latss of production was estimated at upwards of 45.000 tons a day. U. 8. Steel Corp, alone estimated its loss at 25,000 tons daily as the result of walkouts by 4.000 men in four of its "captive" pits. Republic Steel and Jones it Ixnighlln Steel each reported two mines dosed and National Steel one. The walkouts appeared aimed at the steel mills. The closing will seriously hamper efforts to stockpile coal against a possible strike by the UMW June 30, when the government returns the pits to private operation. A. U. S. Steel spokesman said that the company had no "official" notice of the cause of the work stoppages, but that he "under stood" they were a protest to the proposed Taft-Hartley labor .legislation. The walkouts started Friday night and spread rapidly. Among the first pits closed was the Robena mine of 11. C. Frick Coke Co., U. S. Steel subsidiary. It is the largest mechanized soft coal mine in the world. It employes 1,890 workers. One local officer of the AFL United Mine Workers blamed the walkouts on "outsiders" who, he said, "misinformed” the workers. Unauthorised Washington. June 9.—(UPI A spokesman for the United Mine Workers (AFL) aald today that walkcuts in the southwestern Pennsylvania soft coal fields in protest against the Taft-Hartley labor bill were "unauthorized by the national union " The UMW spokesman said the "spontaneous walkouts." which already have idled many thousands of miners, were "purely local . . . and we had nothing to do with Turn T<> I'aife 2. Column S»

Boy Scouts Attend District Camporee All Decatur Patrols Given Blue Ribbons All nine patrol* of the three Decatur Boy Scout troops participating in the northeastern Indiana Hoy Scout camporee at Pokagon state park over the weekend, won blue ribbon awards, l ( wa* announced by Steve Everhart, county Scout commissioner. The patrols represented troop* 61, 62 and 63 from Decatur. Berne tioop 67 was acorded similar honors. At all time during the camporee. the troops were under the direct supervision of their Scoutmasters or assistant* Gray Paddock and Bill Freeby. as assistant Scoutmaster*. as*i"ted by Norman Slingley as uenior pat rol leader, directed troop 61 U»well Smith a* Scoutmaster was in charge of troop 62 and Dick Lichienstelger a* Scoutmaster directed troop 63. A large number of parent* and relative* of the local Scout* went to th* park Sunday tu attend a carry-in dinner served at noon. Following I* a lint of the patrol member* taking part from Decatur: Troop (1 Cobra patrol: Don Maci-ean, leader; Kenneth Nash, Sam Gilbert. Dwight Sheet*, Jr w Ronnie Secaur, Tom Bu**e, Ronnie Murphy. Fox patrol: Dave Maclean, leader: Phil Men Iman, Jim l-ake. Ralph Bollinger. Norman Schlefer■tein. Adrian Baker, Norman And rew*. Jim Murtaugh. Swallow patrol: Gene Zine, leader; Grover Odle. Dan Thoma*. John Thompson, M*tt Harri*. John Girod. Jim Mom*. Treop 62 Heaver patrol: Don Smith, leader. Jim B*M*tt. Ronnie Ba*Mtt. Palmer Johneon Eagle patrol: Byford Smith. Im(Tur* To P*g* 6. Column 7)

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Decatur, Indiana, M onday, June 9, 1947

Warren In New York For Talks r w tl ■V" 1 ' vf/ A & ■■ 4 » tauUl "'J® Js POLITICAL OBSERVERS with an eye to alignments at the next GOP convention in Philadelphia, view as significant the arrival in New York of California's Gov. Earl Warren (center) who, after making a speech In Schnectady. went to Albany for a conference with Gov. Thomas E. I)ewey. Above, he is shown arriving at la>Guardia Field with his son, Earl Jr. (left) and Philip T. Hill. Santa Monica, Cal.

Chicago Man Speaks Here Friday Night Presbyterian Men Meet Friday Night Car! W. Hoffman. Chicago, executive of the Great Northern Life Insurance Co., and world traveler, will be the principal speaker at the June meeting of the Presbyterian Men'* duh at the Presbyterian church In Decatur Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock. The men will have as their guest* at the meeting members of the men'* dub of the Bethany Evangelical United Brethren church. Following the program, refreshments will he served In the church basement. Mr. Hoffman returned last April from an expedition in South America, where he visited the negro bush tribes of that country, lie will give a colored motion picture talk on his recent trip. Three hundred years ago the Spaniards brought negro slave* to the new world from what is now the gold coast of western Africa. These slaves had a different ternperment than other slaves who had been imported and they refused to work. No discipline could change their attitude and finally these negroes were loaded into boats and taken to South America Their hatred grew against the white people ami they finally departed Into bushes In South America and formed bands which would raid white colonies and completely destroy them. Hence they got their name bush negroes and they still retain their hatred of the white people. The Dutch, trying to protect their colonies in South America, after several futile attempts to destroy the bushmen entered Into a treaty with them and promised to pay a certain amount of money each month for protection. This treaty is still in force today. Mr. Hoffman has made two expeditions into the bush country to get the material for his pictures and lecture. The lecture will be given in the chutk-h auditorium. This will be the final meeting of the Presbyterian men's club during the summer months. 0 Five Escape Injury In Wreck Saturday Ohio Residents Are Unhurt In Accident Five Ohio people escaped Melons injury when their auto struck a guard rail on federal road 27 during a driving rain Saturday night. Arthur Iron*. 52. Mhanon, 0.. driver of the vehicle, told sheriff Herman Bowman that the crash occurred as he wss wiping steam from the windshield of hi* car during th* rain. The accident happened two and one-half mile* north of Berne about 11:45 p.m. Saturday. Mr and Mrs Iron*. Dalia* William*. also of and Mr. and Mrs William Fuller, of Cincinnati. O„ all occupant* of th* auto escaped serious injury. Damage to th* auto wa* ••limited at (250 by sheriff Bowman

U. S. Rubber Cuts Prices On New Tires New York. June 9 (UP)-Unit-ed States Rubber company today announced price reductions of 4 to 11 percent In It* regular line of U. 8. Royal automobile tires with the largest cuts In the popular sizes. 0 Six Persons Fined On Traffic Counts ' Authorities Keep Up Traffic Drive Six persons were meted out tines and a seventh wa* to be arraigned late this afternoon before Mayor John B. Stults in city court as result of the latest arrests made by city police and the sheriff's office for > traffic violations Paul Kohne and Eugene Ixrshc were each fined (5 and coata. totalling (15. late Saturday when they pleaded guilty to speeding < harges. Nile Ixrugh ami Ilex Heare drew similar fines on guilty pleas to reckless driving. They were arrested earlier In the week by officers Roy Chitcote ami Robert Hill of the city police. Two were fined this morning HaYry Ixtngenberger, of Craig vllle. route one. was fined (5 and cost* when he pleaded guilty to running a stop sign. Sheriff Herman Bowman, who arrested him about 7:15 p. m Saturday, chargeil he drove around a car on the right side ami failed to stop at a slop sign as he entered federal road 27 by pass off fed eral road 224 from the west at Nutt man avenue and Thirteenth street. John F. Brown, of Pleasant Mills, was fined (5 am! costs for speeding. He was arrested by sheriff Bowman on Mercer avenge about 6:50 p. m. Saturday The sheriff charged he was driving 58 miles per hour in a 30mile zone. Donah) Liechty. Decatur, was to he arraigned late this after

(Turn To Paw* ■<< Column Ci O Three Persons Hurt When Trains Collide Potsdam. N. Y.. June 9 —(UP) — Three persons were injured seriously today when a south bouna milk train collided with a passen ger train at Eben on the New Yotk Central line near here. The injured were Indent if led as David C. Blake, engineer of the milk train. Homer Munson, fireman. both of Watertown, N. Y. and an unidentified woman passenger of the north bound sleeper. They were taken to Potsdam hospital. o Corbett Funeral Tuesday Morning Pall bearer* for Mr*. Margaret Corbett, mother of Mr* Fred Ful lenkamp. will be Jack Holthouse, James Egtoy and L. R. Zlnt*ma*ter of this city, and Richa d Itorgboff. Richard Smith and Harold Getting of Fort Wayne. Funeral Mrvlcea will he held at 9 o’clock at St Mary'* Catholic church. Burial will be in th* Catholic cemetery Mr*. Cprbett formerly lived In Decatur, lator moving to Fort Wayne She wa* • member of St. Patriok's church. Fort Wayae.

Floods, Tornadoes Take Death Toll Os 27, Drive Thousands From Homes

Speed Handling Os Traffic Saturday Officers Stationed At Busy Crossings City police Instituted a new system or handling trattic In downtown Decatur Saturday night that brought numerous commendations. OHlcers were stationed at the Monroe. Madison and Jefterson street intersections with Second street to spetd up the flow of traffic and aid In affording safe crossings for pedestrians For three hours Saturday night, during the customary heavy flow of cats, the officers remained at their respective stations They reported better conditions resulted from the plan. Including the elimination of the usual jam of cars at Madleon and Second caused by slow moving traffic through the traffic light at Monroe ami Second streets. Officers reported their major trouble was keeping pedestrian traffic observing traffic lights at Monroe and Second streets. Mayor John H. Stulls, who urged the institution of the new system as part of the hoard of public works and safety's program, said that the possibility of making Second street a "no lorn intersection' at Madison and Monroe street crossing# Is being investigated. Permission of the state would have to be secured, however, he jminted out, liefore such a move could Im* made. Much of the slow "cruising" up and down Second street during buoy hours on Saturday night can be eliminated with the new system, officers lielleve. according to the mayor There are to make individual r» ports and recommendations to the mayor after the new plan Is tn effect for a time, he said o District Red Cross Representative Here Miss Helen latuer, district representative of the home service com mittee of the Red Cross, will be at the local office Tuesday. Mrs. Ruth Hollingsworth, executive secretary of the chapter, stated today. Con ferences will he held relative to home service programs of the Red Cross. — 0 Mrs. George Morris Dies At Bluffton Local Lady's Sister Is Taken By Death Mrs. Harriet Patterson Morris. 68. sister of Mrs French Quinn of this city, and daught" of the late Mr and Mrs Robert B Patterson, well known Decatur pioneers, died (Sunday m<»rning at the Wells county hospital, following a three months Illness with a heart ailment. She was stricken while at Miami. Fla. and was a hospital patient there about six weeks before returning to Bluffton. Mrs. Morris was born and reared in Decatur, graduated from high school and resided here until her marriage to the late George Morris. since which time she had resided In Bluffton Mr Morris was the president of the Morris stores and Mrs Morris, while disposing of stock in the company, retained title to the valuable business properties. She was a member of the Baptist church at Bluffton. Surviving relatives Include one son. French, of Denver; two daughters. Mrs Russell Carr. Winchester, and Mrs. J. A. McPheeters of Bluffton, seven grandchi! dren and three sisters. Mrs. Quinn of Decatur. Mrs. Charles Meyer of Niles. Mich, and Mrs. Fred D. Bell of Fort Wayne. A foster brother. Roy Beery, also survives. Funeral service will be conducted at the residence Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’cloc k. and hurlal will be In the Elm Grove cemetery mausoleum The body will be removed from the Mcßride funeral home this afternoon and friends may call at the Morris residence after ( o'clock.

Father Os One Murdered Babe Is Questioned Lie Detector Test For Father Os Girl I Slain In Hospital Massillon, ()., June 9 —(l’P>— Harry Morton, father of one of the two babies slain Friday night in city hospital, will be taken to Cleveland today for a He detector test, the Stark county prosecutor announced i W. Bernard Rodgers, assistant ; county prosecutor, r.ald Marton would be taken to Cleveland shortly after the funeral of his - baby daughter this afternoon He said there was no new evidence in the baffling case of the , two deaths and that the He de- ! factor test was routine. City police still were Invest! gating other young patients con fined to the hospital at the time of the slaying County officials entered the case actively today and assigned county detective Harry Gross Klaus to aid city police. Earlier police said they were convinced the slayings were "an inside Job” and disclosed that ! they were quest lonins seven boy , patients housed in a room adjoining the peliatric ward ('apt Clifford Davenport, head- ' Ing the investigation, said police had abandoned a theory that s ‘ maniac broke Into the hospital ' to kill Diana Brand, eight weeks ’ old, and Rosemary Morton, nine weeks old. "The killings must have been done from the Inside." he said 1 "We have questioned three young boys who were under treatment In an adjoining war! Friday night when the babies were murdered and we're still talking to four other youngsters in the same ward." The investigators dropped the maniac theory after hearing tea ! timony by Ralph Fricke, of Canal 1 Fulton, who said he heard chil dren playing in the pediatric ward on the night of the deaths 1 while he visited a sou in a room 1 across the hall They also Mid that the heads of the little victims would have heen more seriously injured If it were the work of a mad man Officers were skeptical of the story of one six year-old lu>y patient who said he took the two babies from their cribs and dropped them on the floor before they were found dying with their heads bashed in They saiil the youngster, under treatment for a broken arm. had told several ■ conflicting stories and that it f — (Turn To Page 2. Column 5) > O More Showers Are Forecasl Tuesday I St. Mary's River Reported Receding Scattered showers are forecast for Tuesday, with the likelihood 1 that Decatur and community will 1 escape a downpour today, weath 1 er reports reveal laite Saturday night and early Sunday morning more than one third of an inch of rain fell In Decatur. Hannan “Hi” Meyer. • local weather observer, reported ,35 of an Inch for the 24-hour • period ending al 8 o'clock Sun- ’ day morning There were no precipitation for the periml end ' Ing at 8 o'clock thia morning The St Mary's river stood at i 16 07 and the waters were reced ' Ing today, although the etreem Is I out of banks. ’ Farm lands are bogged down and It will be several days until • farmers can get into the fields r In the meantime, about 40.000 I acres await corn planting, term- - era state • Many farmers are planning to I drill their corn, time ft has heen 1 Impossible to plow the fields > during the wettest season egperiueced here In a deead*

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Mississippi River ] On Worst Rampage In Years, Sets «| New Flood Marks By United Press The Mississippi river, on Its worst rampage In recent years, set new (lihhl marks today as high water haltered leve<*s protecting Illinois and Missouri river towns Five levees ha<l been smashed by the raging waters and residents of scores of towns rallied to strengthen embankments protecting their homes. Rains which hit the midwest over the weekend let up today and the weather bureau predicted fair weather for 24 hours. Authorities had forecast a major flood disaster unless the rains let up. At least 22 persons were drowned in lowa. Missouri. Ohio, and Oregon and five others were killed by tornadoes in Pennsylvania and Ohio, bringing the total death toll from natural disasters over the weekend to 27. An estimated 10,(too persons were homeless anil thousands of acres of rich farmland were laid waste Property damage was counted In the millions of dollars. At least 15 persons were believed to have drowned in Ottumwa. la., where 6.000 persons were forced from their homes when the Des Moines river went on a rampage The bodies of six adults have been recovered and officials agree! the final death toll would be 15. They based their estimate* or eyewitnesses reports that at least nine other persons were drowned Their bodies have not been recovered ami authorities said they might have been carried down the river into the Mississippi One person was drowned In Oregon when a flash flood sent an eight foot wall of water racing through a canyon, wrecking four itinerant workers' camps Five persons were killed in Ohio and Pennsylvania Iry a tor nailo near Sharon. Pa Four were killed by the tornado and the fifth victim died of n heart attack brought on by the excitement. All power facilities were knocked out by the flood at Ottumwa. but partial service was restore<! today and residents lined up for antityphoid shots ns authorities sought to prevent the outbreak of an epidemic Those who evacuated the city began returning to shattered homes tmlay as the flood waters receded. Below Ottumwa, the muddy flood waters covered the business districts of Keosauqua. Bonaparte and Farmington. la Alexandria, Mo. (pop 6001 where the Des Moines and the Fox rivers flow Into the Mississippi. was evacuated when a break in the levee spilled waters through the town The Red Cross took 3(WI persons to nearby Wayland. Mo and others fled without assistance. There were six Im hes of water in the main streets of Canton, Mo., and Hannibal Mo. Mark Turn To Page 2 <T«himi» I) 0 LATC BULLETINS Detroit. June 9. — (UP) — Worker* began walking out of on* plant of th* Brigg* Manufacturing Company today, 4ff hour* b*for* • atrlk* d*adlln* •et for W*dn*»d*y, th* company reported. Th* walkout earn* a* Brigg* and the Ford Motor Company •ought to *vort general •toppage* which would idle 150,000 worker* aero** the country and further hamper output of car* and truck*. New Delhi, Jun* 9.—(UP)— Th* Moslem l*agu* Munell tonight ace*pt*d with only eight dl***ntlng vote* th* Britl*h plan for a partitioned India. Rom*, Jun* 9—(UP)— Premier Alcid* De Oa*p«n told th* aaaemtely tonight that Italy mull g*t at l***t wn.ooojooo In credit thia year ar faoa “*c*n*mle and financial ruin.”